Stars of Destiny
A.N.: I don't own CCS, just some characters I made up
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tomoyo-amethyst – you're right, what happened to Tomoyo does have something to do with Elisabeth's story as you will see on this chapter
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Chapter 10:
Hopeless
Tomoyo was sitting on the base of the tree. But the strange thing was that she looked like she was hypnotized. She was holding a bouquet with the flowers like the one she found, her eyes were deep blue and she was looking at nowhere
"Tomoyo! Are you alright?" Eriol asked as he walked close to her
"Tomoyo-chan?" Elisabeth said clapping her hands in front of Tomoyo's face, but nothing. They tried everything, but she was unmovable. When they suddenly heard her whisper 'Things can't stay like that, you have to do something… or else you will die just like the others. I cannot stand it anymore…'. After that she collapsed.
Everybody was shocked, why did she say that? There was an uncomfortable silence filled with confusion until Elisabeth broke it "Eriol-kun… Can you carry Tomoyo back to the encampment?" She asked looking at Eriol who just nodded. Then she turned to the rest of the class including the teacher and said "Guys Let's go back!" before walking next to Eriol as they walked back to the encampment leaving the rest of them completely confused
A few minutes later they were next to the fire, except for Elisabeth who was checking on Tomoyo
"Sensei what happened to Tomoyo-chan?" Chiharu asked
"I have no idea!" Terada-sensei said sadly, he was really worried, nothing like that happened before
"She'll be ok, she's just asleep, maybe because she's tired!" Elisabeth said as she left the tend and sat between Eriol and Sakura
"But what about what she said, Elisabeth-chan?" Rika asked
"Things can't stay like that, you have to do something… or else you will die just like the others. I cannot stand it anymore… It sounds like a ghost for me! Like the one you told Elisabeth-chan!" Naoko said
"No… It's not it, she was just talking on her sleep!" Elisabeth said
"Yeah! She's right she was probably just having a nightmare!" Syaoran said
"But when she said that her eyes were open!" Naoko said
"It happened with me once when I was little. I spent the whole night watching a pokemon marathon, but on the next day I was so tired that I slept on the middle of lunch, my mother tried to wake me up, but I only looked at her and shouted 'PIKACHUUUUU!'. Of course I can't remember anything, it was what my parents told me!" Elisabeth said
"Yeah, maybe you're right!" Naoko said. Elisabeth just smiled, but at the same moment she was sending a telepathic message to Eriol, Syaoran and Sakura 'Guys, I need to talk to you… go to mine and Sakura's tend when everyone's asleep it's really important!'
2 o'clock
The girls were waiting for the guys when they heard someone come near their tend. Sakura like always was afraid that it was a ghost, Elisabeth just opened the tend and let the Syaoran and Eriol in
"What took you so long?" She asked
"Hey! It's not our fault that Yamazaki didn't want to sleep I had to cast a spell on him!" Eriol said sitting. Since the tend was really big the 4 of them and a sleeping Tomoyo could stay there comfortably.
"So what did you want to tell us about, Arroz-san?" Syaoran asked
"Well, I think I know what's really wrong with Tomoyo!" She said
"What Naoko-san said… is true isn't it?" Eriol asked and Elisabeth just nodded
"Y-Y-You m-mean the story you told us is true and that tree does have the princess… soul?" Sakura asked and Elisabeth nodded and as expected Sakura was about to shout HOE, but Syaoran put his hand on her mouth before she could do that and whispered on her ear "Don't shout or you'll wake the others up and it will be really difficult to explain why me and Hiiragizawa are on your tend at 2 a.m.!"
"But what are we going to do? Why everything is on Tomoyo-chan's shoulder?" Sakura said
"I don't think it is really a coincidence Sakura-san!" Eriol said
"It probably has something to do with the box!" Syaoran said as the others nodded
"We just have to help and protect Tomoyo-chan!" Elisabeth said
"I hope she'll ok!" Sakura said. She hated seeing her best friend like that even if she knew that she would be ok and that it would help all of them
The next morning
"Did Tomoyo-chan wake up yet?" Naoko asked Elisabeth and Sakura
"Not yet!" Sakura said sadly as Elisabeth smiled and said "She'll be awake any minute!". After that they a familiar voice call them "Sakura-chan, Lizzie-chan, Eriol-kun, Li-kun?"
They all went to see it was Tomoyo she had just waken up and as the other girls helped Tomoyo and told her what happened Sakura whispered to Elisabeth "Cheater" and Elisabeth whispered back "You know I think you're spending too much time with Li-kun!" making her blush
After they all got out of the tend so Tomoyo could change Terada-sensei announced that the day would be free, they could do whatever they wanted to, but the next day they would have a test of courage and group work.
After that Tomoyo asked Sakura, Elisabeth, Eriol and Syaoran to walk with her and after they were far away from the others she stopped and asked "What the girls told me earlier isn't the truth; Am I right?"
"Yes, we think that the princess from the story I told before is really true and that the princess liked you, so she send the flowers to make you go to the tree." Elisabeth said
"That explains why all that I can remember is a girl with a long brown hair crying and telling me to leave the forest!" Tomoyo said sadly
"We have to help her!" Sakura said, making everybody surprised
"Sakura… you're not afraid?" Syaoran asked
"I am, but I know that I have to help that princess… I mean, she didn't do anything and because of jealous she lost her only love… We can help her so we'll help her!" She said determinated.
"You're right!" Tomoyo said "I also want to help her"
"To help her we have to find the servant!" Elisabeth said
"Do you have an idea of where she can be?" Eriol asked
"No, I found this story with my cousin when we were surfing on the web, in the site we found didn't even say where the forest was! But it seams like it is this forest" Elisabeth said
"There's a lot of magic on this forest I can't really tell which one is from the servant!" Eriol said
"Let's go back to the kingdom to see if we can find any clue!" Tomoyo said walking on its direction, but Eriol gabbed her arm and said "I don't know, the last time you collapsed!"
"Oh… how cute Eriol-kun is worried!" Elisabeth said
"Can you stop reading my mind!"
"I wasn't!" Elisabeth laughed
"Eriol I will be ok and we have to do this!" Tomoyo smiled
"Ok! Let's go!" He said. When they got there, they searched but couldn't find anything.
"We just wasted time!" Syaoran sighed
"It's not possible! That servant is good!" Eriol said
"Relax guys! It won't take long for us to meet with her!" Elisabeth said
"What do you mean?" Tomoyo asked
"Tomorrow is full moon!" Elisabeth said with a smirk
"HHOOOOOOEEEEEEE!"
The Next Day
"So Mina-san, the test will be like that: You'll be divided into groups of 5, you'll have to search for a flag like this one!" Terada-sensei started to explain the test while he showed the little flag. "There are some posts on the forests and they have the clues that will tell you where the flags are. Each group will have a different map with a different path. The first group to come back will win. Remember to bring everything you need! Now You can choose your groups and start searching! "
As he finished the explanation everybody choose theirs groups and entered the forest. Yes you've guessed it; Sakura, Syaoran, Elisabeth, Eriol and Tomoyo were together. They actually were going well, they had already found 5 flags and now they were trying to find another one. The problem is that the key word is they were doing good.
"Guys are you sure you're reading the map right… I mean we've walking for quite a while now!" Elisabeth said
"Yes We're sure!" Eriol and Syaoran said together. They can flight but they can't deny that sometimes they are quite alike.
"What time is it, Lizzie-chan?" Sakura asked
"4 o'clock!"
"We left on midday so it means that we've been walking for 4 hours!" Tomoyo said
"I'm tired… Let's go back before we get lost!" Sakura said
"AW C'mon Sakura" Syaoran said
"Yeah! C'mon Sakura-chan we're not going to get lost because WE'RE ALREADY LOST!" Elisabeth said
"We're not… We are just having some little … problems" Eriol said not taking his eyes off of the map
"Why don't we just sit for a while so we can recover our energy and try to figure out what to do!" Tomoyo suggested and the rest of the gang agreed
They ate a little and relaxed for a while when Sakura had an idea "Oh I know I can use The Fly card and see where we have to go to!" She said
"No! You're not the only one who wants to get out of here, but it would be cheating!" Eriol said
"Yeah You're right and also we don't know where the others are someone could see me!" Sakura said
They walked trying to find the exit, but still they couldn't and now it was 7 o'clock and Sakura was starting to panic
"OMG! Guys what if we never come back…"
"KINOMOTO SAKURA! STOP WITH THE PANIC! WE'LL COME BACK! SO STOP RIGHT NOW!" Elisabeth yelled
"O-O-OK!"
"Let's sit and wait for someone to find us!" Eriol said
"Hiiragizawa don't you remember what Terada-sensei said. The chances of someone pass by is one in a million!" Syaoran said
"But they all are probably back and worried because we're not back yet! They must be searching for us now!" Tomoyo said
"Hey guys I was thinking… we've been friends for a long time and Lizzie-chan's tradition country inspired me. Why don't we quit formalities… I mean except for you Syaoran… I know about your family traditions!" Sakura said
"You know what… I'll do it… I mean I was like that because the elders kinda wanted to choose my friends and I'm tired of that I can chose my own friends and I know that my choice was right because you guys are the best friends a guy could ever ask for!" Syaoran said making Elisabeth say "Awww How cute… Group Hug!" They all hugged and started laughing
"That's a good idea… let's invent some nicknames too!" Tomoyo said
"I already have one for Syaoran 'my cute little descendent'" A/N.: I don't need to tell you who said that, 'cause you already know!
"It won't make any different, you already called me that 'my dear ancestor'" Syaoran said
"Good one my cute little descendent!"
"Oh! I have one for you girls" Elisabeth said
"What?"
"Moyo and Kura!"
"I like it!" Tomoyo said
"Yeah and We can call you only Lizzie now or maybe Izzie!" Sakura said
"Good for me! What about you boys?" Elisabeth asked the two boys
"We can call Syao-kun!" Eriol joked knowing that it was Sakura's nickname for him, but apparently Sakura didn't get the joke.
"HEY! That's my nickname for my Syao-kun!" Sakura said and after realize that she said that out loud, she turned red as the rest of them (except for Syaoran who also turned red) started to laugh.
"Relax Sakura I'm not going to steal your nickname for your Syao-kun!" Eriol said laughing so hard that he was almost crying.
"It is not funny!" Sakura said
"Oh! Yeah it is!" Elisabeth said. After Tomoyo, Eriol and Elisabeth stopped laughing, they talked a bit more about the nicknames and had lots of fun. For example Eriol and Elisabeth decided to call each other big bro and 'lil sis for two reasons: 1st they were brother and sister on their past life and 2nd because they were alike on many aspects like a brother and a sister. The girls started to invent to each others more girly nicknames like Tommy, Saku, Beth or thinks like that. The guys had fun teasing them because of it!
"You know what guys?" Syaoran asked
"What?"
"You really are the best friends in the world I'm so glad that I've found you guys! Sakura is my girlfriend. Tomoyo is always helping me when it comes to the 'Sakura' subject even if sometimes she scares me. Elisabeth is new, but she is also one of my best friends, she's also helping me on 'Sakura' subject and she's helping me to get rid of this 'I'm what the elders want me to' and Eriol even if in the beginning I didn't really liked you, now you're my best guy friend, my buddy!" Syaoran said making all of them especially Eriol surprised but happy
"You know Syaoran, I never thought that you would say that to me, You're also my best guy friend man!" Eriol said as he and Syaoran shared a little handshake
"AHHHH!"
"What happened, Tomoyo?" Eriol, Syaoran, Elisabeth and Sakura asked
"I've noticed that… I didn't film Eriol's and Syaoran's first buddies handshake…" Tomoyo said dramatic making the rest of them sweatdrop. But it was also the moment when Sakura noticed something, she noticed that she wasn't the camera's favorite thing anymore.
"I also missed when Eriol bravely took the flag on the top the that high tree, or when he and Izzie found out where the other flat was…"
Watching her best friend keep on babbling about her boyfriend made she feel a little jealous. Normally she would be the one Tomoyo was babbling about. 'How come I did not notice that before?' she thought 'Tomoyo's not in love with me anymore'. Yeah The clueless Sakura knew that Tomoyo was in love with her. After she started dating Syaoran, she could see that sometimes Tomoyo was sad and jealous of something. And of course it took a while for Sakura to realize that she was the on that Tomoyo was jealous of.
-- Flashback--
Sonomi Daidouji was waiting for Sakura on the park the girl had asked her to. And Sonomi would do anything for Nadeshiko's daughter.
"Sonomi-san, thanks for coming!" Sakura said as she sat next to Sonomi
"What happened Sakura-san? Why did you ask me to come here?" Sonomi asked
"Well… it is about Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura said nervously and made Sonomi surprised on the mention of her only daughter. She wasn't expecting that
"What happened with Tomoyo? Is she ok? Is she having trouble on school? Is someone bullying her? If so I'm gonna show her or him that no one messes with Tomoyo Daidouji and get aw…"
"No… it's nothing like that. Everybody's loves Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura interrupted her mother's cousin
"Then What's the problem dear?"
"Well… You may think that it's ridiculous but I-I t-think Tomoyo-chan is…"
"I love with you"
"How do you know?" Sakura asked surprised
"Well… Sakura are you sure you can handle that… I mean you're so innocent…"
"Sonomi-san if that can help Tomoyo-chan. I'll be ok. Tomoyo-chan has always been on my side when I needed her and if there's something I can do to make her see that I'm not the one she does really love. I'll do, because I'll never love her back, not the way she loves me. And I really want her to be happy with her soul mate." Sakura said
"Well then I'll tell you. I was in love with your mother! Back then and that was why I was so angry at your father. I spent the last 2 years on high school hating your father for taking my Nadeshiko away from me. After those years I decided to go to collage in America. And it was where I met Jack. He was the fist one I ever admitted that I was in love with your mother. He was there and I was in love with him just like he was with me. After we graduated we got married and had Tomoyo." Sonomi said with a sad tone
"Really Tomoyo-chan never said anything about him!"
"That's because it brings bad memories. We loved each other so much, but things happened and he left to the U.S.A. to live with his family when Tomoyo was about 7. We both got really angry of him. But he came back once because he didn't want his daughter to hate him. After that we got divorced he moved to the U.S.A. and started to take care of the business there. Tomoyo does visit him twice a year and they exchange letters. She really loves her father, but she does not like to talk about him, she says that it makes her miss him and it hurts because she cannot see him."
"Oh! I'm sorry!"
"It's ok! And Sakura-san! Relax! Tomoyo will find her true love! Mother's intuition!"
--End of Flashback--
'It looks like Sonomi-san was right! Tomoyo find her true love and I'm happy that it is Eriol! I know that he's a nice guy and I know that he won't break her heart, but still I'll miss being in front of the camera' Sakura thought a little sad
"Kura? Are you ok?" Tomoyo asked, but before Sakura could say anything they heard a scream "AAHHHH! HELP ME! NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO! PLEASE DO NOT DO THAT!"
"It is just like the story!" Tomoyo said
"Guys Stay back!" Elisabeth said getting up as she raised her arms and closed her eyes. When she opened them again they were deep blue again as she said "The messages passed through the air! Wind Please bring the massage to us!"
After some seconds the wind became stronger and they could hear a voice
'GET OUT OF HERE! GET OUT OFF HERE BEFORE I KILL YOU!'
"Why you're doing that? Where are you? Maybe we can help you!" Eriol yelled
'I DO THAT BEACUE SHE HAD EVERYTHING… EVERYBODY LOVED HER WHILE I WAS NOTHING AND YOU! YOU ARE JUST LIKE HER! YOU HAVE EVERYTHING THAT I DON'T! NOW GET OUT OF HERE OR I'LL KILL YOU!'
After that, the wind calmed down. "What we do now?" Syaoran asked
"I don't know!" Elisabeth said. When they heard a familiar scream "NO! TERADA-SENSEI! CHIHARU! YAMAZAKI! NAOKO! NOOOOOOOOOO!" It was Rika, they knew it. And once again Elisabeth raised her arms and closed her eyes making them eyes become deep blue before saying "Wind! Lead us to the owner of that scream!" Once again wind became stronger and made some leafs fly. "Let's follow them!" Elisabeth said as they reached the place where Rika was. "What happened?" She asked a crying Rika.
"We got to the escapement really late, we thought that we were the last ones, but we were the only ones back! Then Terada-sensei asked us to look for the others with him so we wouldn't be alone, but them we heard a scream for help! We went thinking that it was one of the others, but it was a big black bird! And it took all the others! Guys I'm so afraid!" Rika said crying on Elisabeth's shoulder as the others looked at each others worried.
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